SFGTV2: San Francisco Government Television
57
57
Feb 1, 2013
02/13
by
SFGTV2
tv
eye 57
favorite 0
quote 0
we have a lot of role in the killing of syria. 9/11 /12 in benghazi. [inaudible] yards away. we must revive the ban on these adult suspects. i don't want to. >> >> >> deemphasize the drug culture and americans and so we have this crisis mr. mayor of plants closing when the cheap labor markets, jobs leaving, drugs and guns coming. that requires a national effort by all of us. while i reach out to you in san francisco those that hear my voice please stop the killing. please stop drug flow. please give peace a chance. in this instance means that labor unions, trade unions must open up and provide more training so they can lay a brick. it means that the education system must instill the value of strong minds and that brings strong change. take your child to school. meet your child's teachers. exchange numbers. turn the tv off at night. take a report card every nine weeks and take your child to religious celebration once a week. most of the violence is from the bottom up,
we have a lot of role in the killing of syria. 9/11 /12 in benghazi. [inaudible] yards away. we must revive the ban on these adult suspects. i don't want to. >> >> >> deemphasize the drug culture and americans and so we have this crisis mr. mayor of plants closing when the cheap labor markets, jobs leaving, drugs and guns coming. that requires a national effort by all of us. while i reach out to you in san francisco those that hear my voice please stop the killing. please stop...
SFGTV2: San Francisco Government Television
51
51
Feb 1, 2013
02/13
by
SFGTV2
tv
eye 51
favorite 0
quote 0
a lot of my friends were lebanese and from syria. i had yewish and irish american friends. all of our identities were mixed. my sense of being american was being in a mix of things. >> margaret could you also reflect in a prior conversation you talked about your father had a sense of where he came from and it was a little more difficult for your mom to articulate that? >> sure. mother's side is irish american my father come from a different heritage. he is a genealogy. he traced his family all the way back to the times when they moved from spain to a region of france. that's where his family came from as peasants in 1850. and for generations, his family members had been going back to this place to visit their distant cousins. they knew exactly where it was. i was thinking that was a year after my irish american family came here. why don't my irish american family know this information. i want to try to find out what it is. i didn't know at that time what i was undertaking. i heard it said with irish american it's not genealogy it's archaeology. i found out about that later.
a lot of my friends were lebanese and from syria. i had yewish and irish american friends. all of our identities were mixed. my sense of being american was being in a mix of things. >> margaret could you also reflect in a prior conversation you talked about your father had a sense of where he came from and it was a little more difficult for your mom to articulate that? >> sure. mother's side is irish american my father come from a different heritage. he is a genealogy. he traced his...
SFGTV2: San Francisco Government Television
81
81
Feb 26, 2013
02/13
by
SFGTV2
tv
eye 81
favorite 0
quote 0
. >>> hi good afternoon jessica from syria club and i want to emphasize what eric bush said we have been talking about the details of this the local power plant for months and have today come up and saying the same thing that heap saying first responder a few months and as anzoic working on this project for a long time, of course, we want to have a local build out and this is the only thing that is going to save the p u d program radiology out at the same if i am we have been talking about this for month and is it's really disappointmenting to have staff away say we are not going to go this way but we don't have an interpretive for you andi understand if you don't want to do a one billion dollar prompt it's an investment to chiu on off and it's an investment in our future but to say as an alternative that we are going to spend 6 million-dollar on a build out, i think we can do better and i think so we need to have a concrete plan and i urge you to ask staff to come up with a comprehensive plan at least come out with the myses of that that are good and what we can do, you know? but we can
. >>> hi good afternoon jessica from syria club and i want to emphasize what eric bush said we have been talking about the details of this the local power plant for months and have today come up and saying the same thing that heap saying first responder a few months and as anzoic working on this project for a long time, of course, we want to have a local build out and this is the only thing that is going to save the p u d program radiology out at the same if i am we have been talking...
21
21
tv
eye 21
favorite 0
quote 0
is helping israel syria it was and still is an enemy of fees web. and was a serious threat to israel and at the moment it almost doesn't exist nobody's asking israel to withdraw from the golan heights so in a way. this tragedy is quite a confortable situation for is we're right people are in a march and how do you take a strike ok i mean in people in syria are being killed ok i mean that's one result . absolutely people in syria are being killed and that is exactly the problem certainly israel is taking advantage of a weaker syria now but the bottom line is that striking weapons that may have been destined for hezbollah which could immediately turn around and use them against syrians so whether israel continues these foreigners into syria or not is almost irrelevant to the people of syria because they're being attacked by their own government ok josh if i go back to it or is everyone forgetting the syrians now it looks like it's jockeying for position in the region it's everything's a proxy now joshua well things are proxy but as you've said you kno
is helping israel syria it was and still is an enemy of fees web. and was a serious threat to israel and at the moment it almost doesn't exist nobody's asking israel to withdraw from the golan heights so in a way. this tragedy is quite a confortable situation for is we're right people are in a march and how do you take a strike ok i mean in people in syria are being killed ok i mean that's one result . absolutely people in syria are being killed and that is exactly the problem certainly israel...
21
21
tv
eye 21
favorite 0
quote 0
is helping israel syria was and still is and then we'll feast where. and was a serious threat to israel and at the moment it almost doesn't exist nobody's asking israel to withdraw from the golan heights so in a way. this tragedy is quite a confortable situation for is we're here in a march and how do you take a strike ok i mean in people in syria are being killed ok i mean that's one result . absolutely people in syria are being killed and that is exactly the problem certainly israel is taking advantage of a weaker syria now but the bottom line is it's striking weapons that may have been destined for hezbollah which could immediately turn around and use them against syrians so whether israel continues these foreigners into syria or not is almost irrelevant to the people of syria because they're being attacked by their own government ok josh if i go back to it or is everyone forgetting the syrians now it looks like it's jockeying for position in the region it's everything's a proxy now joshua well things are a proxy but as you've said you know the outs
is helping israel syria was and still is and then we'll feast where. and was a serious threat to israel and at the moment it almost doesn't exist nobody's asking israel to withdraw from the golan heights so in a way. this tragedy is quite a confortable situation for is we're here in a march and how do you take a strike ok i mean in people in syria are being killed ok i mean that's one result . absolutely people in syria are being killed and that is exactly the problem certainly israel is taking...
24
24
tv
eye 24
favorite 0
quote 0
oh syria a country going from bad to worse with israel's air strike against syria and more expected it would appear there are forces in the region and in washington that now see military intervention as a means to and syria's civil war given past military interventions in the region is there any reason to believe that this time it will be any different. to cross-talk the syrian crisis i'm joined by joshua landis to norman he's an associate professor and director of the center for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma in washington we have rafi shakti she is an english spokesperson for the local coordinating committees in syria and the director of the foundation to restore equality in education in syria and in jerusalem across the he is a former director general of the israeli ministry of foreign affairs and an international relations lecturer at tel aviv university all right folks cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want let's go to joshua in norman joshua what do you make of the israeli air strike against syria and the possibility of more comi
oh syria a country going from bad to worse with israel's air strike against syria and more expected it would appear there are forces in the region and in washington that now see military intervention as a means to and syria's civil war given past military interventions in the region is there any reason to believe that this time it will be any different. to cross-talk the syrian crisis i'm joined by joshua landis to norman he's an associate professor and director of the center for middle east...
26
26
tv
eye 26
favorite 0
quote 1
hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle syria and the dive into the abyss the obama administration is reportedly rethinking its previous position whether it should openly armed rebel groups in this grinding civil war many have the opinion that civil wars with outside involvement usually lasts longer cause more deaths are more difficult to resolve through negotiations so what is different this time around. crosstalk syria's protracted civil war i'm joined by mark levine in washington he's a senior fellow with the truman national security project and a radio show host also in washington we have samara robbie he's a government relations manager at the arab american institute and in london we crossed to you as an adult he is a lecturer at oxford university an imperial college london he is also a member of the syrian dialogue project all right folks cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want you know mark if i go to you first obama in this we're told this is a risk is this a good idea after everything that has happened
hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle syria and the dive into the abyss the obama administration is reportedly rethinking its previous position whether it should openly armed rebel groups in this grinding civil war many have the opinion that civil wars with outside involvement usually lasts longer cause more deaths are more difficult to resolve through negotiations so what is different this time around. crosstalk syria's protracted civil war i'm...
183
183
Feb 3, 2013
02/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 183
favorite 0
quote 0
syria will be long and tough. we cannot on radicalize syria. the argument that if we had gone and first, it would not have become radical is a false argument. we went into iraq and within three months we've decapitated the regime. within months al qaeda spread throughout. radicalism has spread among the palestinians because they have been cast down and they are losers. america spent over hundreds of millions of dollars trying to solve the conflict. we are not good at this. america should not launch into trying to solve and save the serious problem. [applause] >> aaron is the senate of the group. -- cynic of the group. >> i an not for doing nothing, and i in not cynical. we may not agree on this, but i respect your clarity and honesty, which are two things missing in diplomacy and a life in general. i will make three of four points. my argument is emotionally unsatisfying and negative. i spent 25 years at the state department working for democrat and republican senators of state. i had a certain number of illusions during that period. but i cann
syria will be long and tough. we cannot on radicalize syria. the argument that if we had gone and first, it would not have become radical is a false argument. we went into iraq and within three months we've decapitated the regime. within months al qaeda spread throughout. radicalism has spread among the palestinians because they have been cast down and they are losers. america spent over hundreds of millions of dollars trying to solve the conflict. we are not good at this. america should not...
19
19
tv
eye 19
favorite 0
quote 0
hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle syria and the dive into the abyss the obama administration is reportedly rethinking its previous position whether it should openly armed rebel groups in this grinding civil war many have the opinion that civil wars with outside involvement usually lasts longer cause more deaths are more difficult to resolve through negotiations so what is different this time around. the cross talk serious protracted civil war i'm joined by mark levine in washington he is a senior fellow with the truman national security project and a radio show host also in washington we have samara robbie he's a government relations manager at the arab american institute and in london we crossed to you as an adult he was a lecturer at oxford university and imperial college london he is also a member of the syrian dialogue project all right folks cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want you know mark if i go to you first obama mulling this we're told this is a risk is this a good idea after everything that
hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle syria and the dive into the abyss the obama administration is reportedly rethinking its previous position whether it should openly armed rebel groups in this grinding civil war many have the opinion that civil wars with outside involvement usually lasts longer cause more deaths are more difficult to resolve through negotiations so what is different this time around. the cross talk serious protracted civil war i'm...
14
14
tv
eye 14
favorite 0
quote 0
and outside outside of syria very much want syria to continue to be a secular state why do you think it has taken so long it's been two years already that's a very good question and it's the best question you have asked. it. you know you have a very strong well organized regime. who are determined to stay in power they have the means they have the military means. to fight and doing so the opposition is in spite of all the weapons they. are not well organized mostly civilians who are taking up arms. and that is why you know they can keep the struggle going they cannot win a military victory but the government also cannot defeat them this is. cindy's one thousand times that is why once again a political peaceful solution is what is necessary and good for the syrian people when i was in serious three months ago i saw it said that he actually will stay until two thousand and fourteen wait for the election and then see what happens i mean is this a realistic plan. you know one. would very much like the problem to be solved long before two thousand and fourteen if it if it were possible to
and outside outside of syria very much want syria to continue to be a secular state why do you think it has taken so long it's been two years already that's a very good question and it's the best question you have asked. it. you know you have a very strong well organized regime. who are determined to stay in power they have the means they have the military means. to fight and doing so the opposition is in spite of all the weapons they. are not well organized mostly civilians who are taking up...
10
10.0
tv
eye 10
favorite 0
quote 0
and outside outside of syria very much want syria to continue to be a secular state why do you think it has taken so long it's been two years and i think that's a very good question and it's the best question you have asked. it. you know you you have a very strong well organized regime. who are determined to stay in power they have the means they have the military means. to fight and doing so the opposition is in spite of all the weapons they. are not well organized mostly civilians who are taking up arms. and that is why you know they can keep the struggle going they cannot win a military victory but the government also cannot defeat them and this is. seen these one thousand times that is why once again a political peaceful solution is what is necessary and good for the syrian people when i was in serious three months ago i saw it said that he actually will stay until two thousand and fourteen wait for the election and then see what happens i mean is this a realistic plan. you know one. would very much like the problem to be solved long before two thousand and fourteen if it were po
and outside outside of syria very much want syria to continue to be a secular state why do you think it has taken so long it's been two years and i think that's a very good question and it's the best question you have asked. it. you know you you have a very strong well organized regime. who are determined to stay in power they have the means they have the military means. to fight and doing so the opposition is in spite of all the weapons they. are not well organized mostly civilians who are...
20
20
tv
eye 20
favorite 0
quote 0
in iran and in the defense of syria obviously defending what would historically greater syria which is present day lebanon as well and including jordan and palestine it's one and the same issue so obviously what support what the what imperialism has been trying to orchestrate in syria is also trying to impact on his blog which is a historical revenge act especially seeing that the resistance movement hizbullah expelled the israeli occupation in two thousand and. two thousand and six you mentioned earlier one sixth of what's going on you mentioned all of these different areas do you the syrian rebels have enough capacity for that as they have to deal with different entities outside of their homeland. i don't i don't think in terms of i think the grand puppet masters here is the western states particularly london who is really trying to get the americans to the serial terrorists for good part of two years but really the agenda is to get revenge on his blog now and open confrontation with hizbollah by means of nato or particularly the white settlers in any state will probably is not th
in iran and in the defense of syria obviously defending what would historically greater syria which is present day lebanon as well and including jordan and palestine it's one and the same issue so obviously what support what the what imperialism has been trying to orchestrate in syria is also trying to impact on his blog which is a historical revenge act especially seeing that the resistance movement hizbullah expelled the israeli occupation in two thousand and. two thousand and six you...
33
33
tv
eye 33
favorite 0
quote 0
we're not really trying to get democratization in syria or political participation in syria it's selling chaos and destruction i think that's how many people see it and that's how it is unfolding what do you think israel is going to do next what is their strategy with regards to iran i think they have more or less come to the position that if you rod is going to be struck it's the united states that's going to need to do it and so i fully anticipate over the next next year or so that prime minister netanyahu he and his government will be putting a lot of pressure on the obama administration that iran is approaching whatever red line that you know who draws. it's time for the united states to step up to the plate and deal with this problem in a decisive way and even if they don't succeed initially in persuading obama because they'll they'll leverage it to get more sanctions on iran to get other kinds of pressure on iran they will try and keep iran. do you think president obama appointed chuck hagel as a message to his throw that's difficult to say we will see but i'm skeptical that obama
we're not really trying to get democratization in syria or political participation in syria it's selling chaos and destruction i think that's how many people see it and that's how it is unfolding what do you think israel is going to do next what is their strategy with regards to iran i think they have more or less come to the position that if you rod is going to be struck it's the united states that's going to need to do it and so i fully anticipate over the next next year or so that prime...
14
14
tv
eye 14
favorite 0
quote 0
and outside outside of syria very much want syria to continue to be a secular state why do you think it's has taken so long it's been to yourself i think that's a very good question that's the best question you have asked. it. you know you are have a very strong well organized regime. who are determined to stay in power they have the means they have the military means. to fight and doing so the opposition is in spite of all the weapons they. are not well organized they are mostly civilians who are taking up arms. and that is why you know they can keep the struggle going they cannot win a military victory but the government also cannot defeat them and this is seen these one thousand times that is why once again a political peaceful solution is what is necessary and good for the syrian people when i was in serious three months ago i saw it said that he actually will stay until two thousand and fourteen wait for the election and then see what happens i mean is this a realistic plan. you know one. would very much like the problem to be solved long before two thousand and fourteen if it w
and outside outside of syria very much want syria to continue to be a secular state why do you think it's has taken so long it's been to yourself i think that's a very good question that's the best question you have asked. it. you know you are have a very strong well organized regime. who are determined to stay in power they have the means they have the military means. to fight and doing so the opposition is in spite of all the weapons they. are not well organized they are mostly civilians who...
12
12
tv
eye 12
favorite 0
quote 0
hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle syria in the dive into the abyss the obama administration is reportedly rethinking its previous position whether it should openly arm rebel groups in this grinding civil war many have the opinion that civil wars with outside involvement usually last longer cause more deaths and are more difficult to resolve through negotiations so what is different this time round. crosstalk syria's protracted civil war i'm joined by mark levine in washington he's a senior fellow with the truman national security project and a radio show host also in washington we have samara robbie he's a government relations manager at the arab american institute and in london we crossed to you as an adult he is a lecturer at oxford university and imperial college london he's also a member of the syrian dialogue project all right folks cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want you know mark if i go to you first obama's mulling this we're told this is a risk is this a good idea after everything that has happene
hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle syria in the dive into the abyss the obama administration is reportedly rethinking its previous position whether it should openly arm rebel groups in this grinding civil war many have the opinion that civil wars with outside involvement usually last longer cause more deaths and are more difficult to resolve through negotiations so what is different this time round. crosstalk syria's protracted civil war i'm joined...
81
81
Feb 3, 2013
02/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 81
favorite 0
quote 0
of the non-, palestine, syria, iraq. i do not suggest abandoning syria. buffered jordan and lebanon and turkey. run an international tin cup. i was in baker. i saw what he saw and did. what he recommended was focused. means related to end us. 0-- ends. we are emerging from some of the longest wars in american history. victory never determined by when we could win, but when could we leave. extrication is not the metric that you want to evaluate the performance and behavior of the most consequential power on earth. barack obama is the great extricate her. his role is to get americans out of conflicts, not get them into new ones. cruel and unforgiving assessment. >> thank you, aaron. [applause]>> we will take it from your rebuttal. we will now have a three-minute rebuttal from liana. we will leave it to josh to do that rebuttal. >> i will say couple of things quickly. first, with all due respect to the presidency, it is not up to him or the president what history provides. history presents challenges, whether he wants to do the great indicator -- it is not u
of the non-, palestine, syria, iraq. i do not suggest abandoning syria. buffered jordan and lebanon and turkey. run an international tin cup. i was in baker. i saw what he saw and did. what he recommended was focused. means related to end us. 0-- ends. we are emerging from some of the longest wars in american history. victory never determined by when we could win, but when could we leave. extrication is not the metric that you want to evaluate the performance and behavior of the most...
12
12
tv
eye 12
favorite 0
quote 0
syria purchase to retaliate while it's close on the warns of dire consequences after israel launches a bombing raid on a target near damascus also. i took a strong stance in a very public and that's what got me into trouble he exposed america's torture program and got thirty months behind bars for doing so decorated veteran who turned against the agency tells r.t. of his predicament. recruited services over there is committed by modern troops as reports on civilian casualties remain hard to obtain made french plans for military handover to local troops. and british prime minister david cameron defies warnings of an imminent threat to u.k. interests and travels to libya. to help train the country's stretched security forces. live from our new center in moscow this is r.t.m. kerry johnston. syria has threatened to take action against israel whose fighter jets allegedly violated the country's airspace by bombing a military research complex close to damascus meanwhile the u.s. has warned syria not to transfer weapons to lebanon's militant group hezbollah says american officials claim tha
syria purchase to retaliate while it's close on the warns of dire consequences after israel launches a bombing raid on a target near damascus also. i took a strong stance in a very public and that's what got me into trouble he exposed america's torture program and got thirty months behind bars for doing so decorated veteran who turned against the agency tells r.t. of his predicament. recruited services over there is committed by modern troops as reports on civilian casualties remain hard to...
33
33
tv
eye 33
favorite 0
quote 0
law is one of syria's allies iran is also one of syria's allies and it's important to note here that the. head of the supreme national security council the iranian supreme national security council is currently in syria so. respond directly with a direct you know conventional army to conventional army warfare but there might be other means used talking for example sort of israeli officials stirring the trouble for his role in general and i think that something that something would syria is an expert of doing syria has been on the side also on the his father has been a source of concern for a very long time for the israeli side of his role once before because this will basically break down the iranian husband lost syrian access which is the biggest. government. twenty minutes past the hour moscow time if you were head of the website right now you can find out how the children's names have been used for spying in the u.k. for decades the report says the british caught stealing the identities of dead children and using them to go under cover against political activists believe it or not
law is one of syria's allies iran is also one of syria's allies and it's important to note here that the. head of the supreme national security council the iranian supreme national security council is currently in syria so. respond directly with a direct you know conventional army to conventional army warfare but there might be other means used talking for example sort of israeli officials stirring the trouble for his role in general and i think that something that something would syria is an...
13
13
tv
eye 13
favorite 0
quote 0
we're not really trying to get democratization in syria or political participation in syria it's selling chaos and destruction i think that's how many people see it and that's how it is unfolding what do you think israel is going to do next what is their strategy with regards to iran i think they have more or less come to the position that if you lot is going to be struck it's the united states that's going to need to do it and so i fully anticipate over the next next yours so that prime minister netanyahu gives his government will be put. a lot of pressure on the obama administration that iran is approaching whatever red line that you know who draws that it's time for the united states to step up to the plate and deal with this problem in a decisive way and even if they don't succeed initially in persuading obama because they'll they'll leverage it to get more sanctions on iran to get other kinds of pressure on iran they will try and keep iran. do you think president obama point to chuck hagel as a message to his throw that's difficult to say maybe we'll see but i'm skeptical that obama
we're not really trying to get democratization in syria or political participation in syria it's selling chaos and destruction i think that's how many people see it and that's how it is unfolding what do you think israel is going to do next what is their strategy with regards to iran i think they have more or less come to the position that if you lot is going to be struck it's the united states that's going to need to do it and so i fully anticipate over the next next yours so that prime...
86
86
Feb 1, 2013
02/13
by
KCSM
tv
eye 86
favorite 0
quote 0
in syria, i did, but bashar bom bed our school. >> syria needs freedom, the children sing. if assad says the protesters are spies, then we are all spies. even though their village has been destroyed, the refugees want to go home as soon as possible. they hope assad will be toppled soon. until then, they will have to stay in lebanon and survive as best they can. >> now to the southeastern united states, which has been pummeled by some of the most severe winter storms in years with eight states affected. >> especially hard hit -- georgia where the storm tore through. >> the tornado caught on camera as it passes through georgia. the cameramen decides to run for cover. with wind speeds exceeding 160 kilometers an hour in some areas, the tornado left a trail of destruction. electricity pylons and trees were knocked down by the winds. dozens of houses were destroyed, and cars were tossed around like toys. >> that truck flew 250 feet there. >> evidently. wrap it all in the power lines and i guess slammed it down. >> many local people have lost all they have, their houses flattened
in syria, i did, but bashar bom bed our school. >> syria needs freedom, the children sing. if assad says the protesters are spies, then we are all spies. even though their village has been destroyed, the refugees want to go home as soon as possible. they hope assad will be toppled soon. until then, they will have to stay in lebanon and survive as best they can. >> now to the southeastern united states, which has been pummeled by some of the most severe winter storms in years with...
354
354
Feb 4, 2013
02/13
by
LINKTV
tv
eye 354
favorite 0
quote 0
>> the president of syria warned israel he is ready to confront any act of aggression. >> the warning comes as new un figures reveal a massive increase in the number of syrian refugees in the last month alone. this is al-jazeera live from london. people are killed a suicide bomb on police headquarters in iraq. the egyptian protests of a man being beaten and why the story was changed again. the opposition leader of spain joined protests calling for the prime minister to quit over corruption. football couple -- oldest football club becomes the latest victim in the economic crisis. >> the president of syria has accused israel of trying to stabilize its country. the warning comes as new u.s. figures show the number of serious refugees rose by more than 25% last month. the president told state television the military is ready to confront any act of aggression by israel. this follows an air strike outside the capital of damascus on wednesday with the government has blamed on israel. the promise came as he met the head of a rob's and national security council. the theory of conflict has domi
>> the president of syria warned israel he is ready to confront any act of aggression. >> the warning comes as new un figures reveal a massive increase in the number of syrian refugees in the last month alone. this is al-jazeera live from london. people are killed a suicide bomb on police headquarters in iraq. the egyptian protests of a man being beaten and why the story was changed again. the opposition leader of spain joined protests calling for the prime minister to quit over...
32
32
tv
eye 32
favorite 0
quote 0
is an expert of doing syria has. and also on the his father has been a source of concern for a very long time for the israeli side and i think that's why the israelis are so keen on having to see or seeing bashar al assad be out of the but isn't he sorry to interrupt but is now also is that also a reason why israel was very keen to target these chemical weapons all allegedly targeting chemical weapons because they were frightened that they could get into the hands of hezbollah on that basis when their actions justified. well look at the issue of chemical weapons are not sure if that's the real issue i think that i highly suspect that there were there was an arms convoy which was targeted but i'm not sure it was chemical weapons i believe as some israeli newspapers themselves highlighted that it might have been surface to air missiles but they were what the picture of the situation or my description is that the israelis due to the internal developments in syria now they have an opportunity to try and break this resist
is an expert of doing syria has. and also on the his father has been a source of concern for a very long time for the israeli side and i think that's why the israelis are so keen on having to see or seeing bashar al assad be out of the but isn't he sorry to interrupt but is now also is that also a reason why israel was very keen to target these chemical weapons all allegedly targeting chemical weapons because they were frightened that they could get into the hands of hezbollah on that basis...
35
35
tv
eye 35
favorite 0
quote 0
law is one of syria's allies iran is also one of syria's allies and it's important to note here that the . head of the supreme national security council the iranian supreme national security council side really is currently in syria so more not respond directly with a direct you know conventional army to conventional army warfare but there might be other means used targeting for example sort of israeli officials stirring the trouble for israel in general and i think that something that something would syria is an expert of doing syria has been on the stronger side underwater along the his father has been a source of concern for a very long time for the israeli side of his role once before because this will basically break down the iranian possible loss syrian access which is the biggest threat to the not a year old government. but another round of talks on the e.u. budget looming the leader of the bloc strongest economies meeting believe week it's in attempts to lay the groundwork for a new deal the german chancellor is hosting the spanish prime minister back home in madrid mariano r
law is one of syria's allies iran is also one of syria's allies and it's important to note here that the . head of the supreme national security council the iranian supreme national security council side really is currently in syria so more not respond directly with a direct you know conventional army to conventional army warfare but there might be other means used targeting for example sort of israeli officials stirring the trouble for israel in general and i think that something that...
13
13
tv
eye 13
favorite 0
quote 0
law is one of syria's allies iran is also one of syria's allies and it's important to note here that the the head of the supreme national security council the iranian supreme national security council side really is currently in syria so him are not respond directly with a direct you know conventional army to conventional army warfare but there might be other means used targeting for example saw an israeli officials stirring up trouble for israel in general and i think that some that something would syria is an expert at doing syria has on the side and also on the his father has been a source of concern for a very long time for the israeli side and on his role once the fall because this will basically break down the iranian husband lost syrian access which is the biggest threat to the not in your government meanwhile hopes of ending the ongoing conflict in syria have received a slight boost on the sidelines of a key security conference in munich russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov held his first direct negotiations with the leader of syria's main opposition group he called in to
law is one of syria's allies iran is also one of syria's allies and it's important to note here that the the head of the supreme national security council the iranian supreme national security council side really is currently in syria so him are not respond directly with a direct you know conventional army to conventional army warfare but there might be other means used targeting for example saw an israeli officials stirring up trouble for israel in general and i think that some that something...
18
18
tv
eye 18
favorite 0
quote 0
the recent conflict in tripoli in northern lebanon that the syria crisis is not necessarily in syria syria is the linchpin of the reason of the region and there is great tension both in syria and lebanon and there is great fear and anxiety that the struggle in syria could spill into lebanon and we of course understand that lebanon had their own civil war which is very bloody under the so negative it's very scared at this moment of the syria crisis turning into a lebanese crisis the diplomatic skills of america's new appointed state department chief will be put to the test as he embarks on his first official trip john kerry's mission won't be easy as it includes some of the world's most troubled regions is more important i explain. america's new secretary of state john kerry is on his first official overseas trip visiting nine countries in western europe and the middle east over the course of ten days hillary clinton's replacement will reportedly consult with allies on topics including iran the up evil's in the arab spring countries and syria's civil war secretary kerry is also schedu
the recent conflict in tripoli in northern lebanon that the syria crisis is not necessarily in syria syria is the linchpin of the reason of the region and there is great tension both in syria and lebanon and there is great fear and anxiety that the struggle in syria could spill into lebanon and we of course understand that lebanon had their own civil war which is very bloody under the so negative it's very scared at this moment of the syria crisis turning into a lebanese crisis the diplomatic...
17
17
tv
eye 17
favorite 0
quote 0
lose or syria and should carry on supporting syria but that doesn't mean of course that it can't try to build. egypt's economy that's in dire straits at the moment of course and is dependent on the gulf states for financial aid and yet are there financial motives behind this meeting where we've got to believe the economies are bearing in mind the situation there in iran with all those sanctions appearing to have a quite an impact on the iranian economy do you do they both need each other i think they do and i think put more this point of view i think as we see harty going to rest in egypt but people are very happy with how things have gone legacy and. erring on the lookout and shipped on iraq would be one way in which you can say to his people look i'm not just a us puppet i am going to be different here so i think from his point and he could get popularity at home by taking a more conciliatory line towards iran and probably running what if you course they've been pretty good at house i mean the pro israel lobby has been very successful in getting the u.s. and other countries to pass
lose or syria and should carry on supporting syria but that doesn't mean of course that it can't try to build. egypt's economy that's in dire straits at the moment of course and is dependent on the gulf states for financial aid and yet are there financial motives behind this meeting where we've got to believe the economies are bearing in mind the situation there in iran with all those sanctions appearing to have a quite an impact on the iranian economy do you do they both need each other i...
24
24
tv
eye 24
favorite 0
quote 0
uprising in syria or the conflict in syria was pretty much from very beginning. in order only to steer it the people that the first objective or the main objective of the very beginning was to inflict casualties and force the army to retaliate in such a way that people get agitated more and people go to the streets more this is our perception of the matter no you see. it has turned into a full fledged regional conflict. which is part of it or have always had certain ideology that the countries that surround israel should be turned into a base for jihadist operations into palestine in order to what to do to achieve what they think they could which is to liberate palestine from the israelis now i'm one of the worry the chief of al qaida issued a video in july of two thousand and eleven only four months into the syrian crisis is calling for jihad in syria in order to achieve this pretty much this objective and now the syrians are being you know torn between too many armed rebels and the rebel militia and no one really knows how to get away from it or get out of it a
uprising in syria or the conflict in syria was pretty much from very beginning. in order only to steer it the people that the first objective or the main objective of the very beginning was to inflict casualties and force the army to retaliate in such a way that people get agitated more and people go to the streets more this is our perception of the matter no you see. it has turned into a full fledged regional conflict. which is part of it or have always had certain ideology that the countries...
25
25
tv
eye 25
favorite 0
quote 0
we're not really trying to get democratization in syria or political participation in syria it's so in chaos and destruction i think that's how many people see it and that's how it is unfolding what do you think israel is going to do next what do you think their strategy with regards to iran i think they have you know more or less come to the position that if you ron is going to be struck it's the united states that's going to need to do it and so i fully anticipate over the next next to yours so that prime minister netanyahu. he and his government will be putting a lot of pressure on the obama administration that iran is approaching whatever red line that you know who draws that it's time for the united states to step up to the plate and deal with this problem in a decisive way and even if they don't succeed initially in persuading obama because they will leverage it to get more sanctions on iran to get other kinds of pressure on iran they will try and keep iran. do you think president obama appointed chuck hagel as a message to throw that's difficult to say maybe we'll see but i'm
we're not really trying to get democratization in syria or political participation in syria it's so in chaos and destruction i think that's how many people see it and that's how it is unfolding what do you think israel is going to do next what do you think their strategy with regards to iran i think they have you know more or less come to the position that if you ron is going to be struck it's the united states that's going to need to do it and so i fully anticipate over the next next to yours...
17
17
tv
eye 17
favorite 0
quote 0
within syria and now perhaps within lebanon. will bring others to be involved within lebanon all between lebannon along the borders really israel for example along the borders we do. or even along the borders between syria and other players jordan for example in this case. the whole region might be involved and of course the syrians have a very strong interest not to open fire by machine or even by rifle it's very easy you don't need much for it but again every so the really really main point is not operational point of opening fire the main point is the tricked that if you because below will be involved more and more in syria will cause you difficulties in lebanon once the syrian groups act against his will or within lebanon that we use the same tactics that we send people that we target as well off i told themselves that we target villages that hizbollah control there we try to hit vehicles that we try to make the people life in lebanon in general risky well here at r.t. we have spoken exclusively to the main mediator in the o
within syria and now perhaps within lebanon. will bring others to be involved within lebanon all between lebannon along the borders really israel for example along the borders we do. or even along the borders between syria and other players jordan for example in this case. the whole region might be involved and of course the syrians have a very strong interest not to open fire by machine or even by rifle it's very easy you don't need much for it but again every so the really really main point...
446
446
Feb 1, 2013
02/13
by
KQED
tv
eye 446
favorite 0
quote 0
lebanon, many connections to syria. the longer this crisis goes on, the more people that it affects, the greater the danger. >> in syria, the victims of the latest massacre at aleppo have been buried. syria is breaking up before everyone's eyes according to the u.s. peace envoy. with 60,000 dead already, there are renewed fears about what could happen to the regime's advance arsenal, which includes chemical weapons, and how that would affect the whole middle east. >> breaking up before everyone's eyes. i spoke a short time ago with the washington bureau chief al arabia. how serious are these threats from iran and syria? >> i think it is mostly buster. bashar al-assad is not in a position to retaliate. his resources are focused toward the domestic rebellion. >> how about iran? >> iran is in no position to retaliate without dragging the whole region into war. they have serious economic problems. they have a crisis in side of the country. they would not be in a position to attack israel. this is bluster. >> how do you read
lebanon, many connections to syria. the longer this crisis goes on, the more people that it affects, the greater the danger. >> in syria, the victims of the latest massacre at aleppo have been buried. syria is breaking up before everyone's eyes according to the u.s. peace envoy. with 60,000 dead already, there are renewed fears about what could happen to the regime's advance arsenal, which includes chemical weapons, and how that would affect the whole middle east. >> breaking up...
78
78
Feb 20, 2013
02/13
by
WMPT
tv
eye 78
favorite 0
quote 0
as the fighting spreads, many parts of syria and now look like this. rebel fighters have made any gains in the north. towns, military bases, air fields. they have the misfortune of lying beside their necks and biggest target so far. aleppo region and now they're next biggest target so far, aleppo airport. -- they have the misfortune of being beside the next biggest target so far, aleppo airport. >> this is now a key strategic target for the rebels. if they take this, not only will it have been a strategic success also an important symbolic victory. >> controlling the airport means wiping out the army. it could deal a blow to their morale and would be a major boost to us as well as giving a great military who assets. >> civilians pay the highest price for this ambition. a battle for their future that makes refugees of their own people. we sped south. an army has been trying to advance to protect the airport. the rebels have moved in to stop it. the ground there is witness to the brutality of the fight. new -- bares witness to the brutality of the fight.
as the fighting spreads, many parts of syria and now look like this. rebel fighters have made any gains in the north. towns, military bases, air fields. they have the misfortune of lying beside their necks and biggest target so far. aleppo region and now they're next biggest target so far, aleppo airport. -- they have the misfortune of being beside the next biggest target so far, aleppo airport. >> this is now a key strategic target for the rebels. if they take this, not only will it have...
19
19
tv
eye 19
favorite 0
quote 0
civil war secretary kerry is also scheduled to meet with members of syria's opposition according to the state department the top u.s. diplomat thinks of this trip as a quote listening tour meanwhile in his first speaking engagement as u.s. secretary of state mr kerry ran into some geography problems when referring to democratic reforms in the non existant country of cures ixtapa they fight corruption in nigeria they support the rule of law. they support democratic institutions and george kyrgyzstan is the country kerry should have said but unfortunately his speech was written with the mistake of reporting from new york. r.t. well current carries first stop will be in major european capitals like london paris and berlin american foreign policy expert john rees believes kerry's mission there is going to stretch beyond just courtesy calls on traditional nato allies. it's always been very important for the americans to keep the nato alliance together but they always want to keep it together on their own terms it's always been the case for instance that the senior commanding officer in n
civil war secretary kerry is also scheduled to meet with members of syria's opposition according to the state department the top u.s. diplomat thinks of this trip as a quote listening tour meanwhile in his first speaking engagement as u.s. secretary of state mr kerry ran into some geography problems when referring to democratic reforms in the non existant country of cures ixtapa they fight corruption in nigeria they support the rule of law. they support democratic institutions and george...